North Carolina
A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.
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In North Carolina
2019
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Three-judge state court strikes down North Carolina's 2017 House and Senate maps in Common Cause v. Lewis
On September 3, 2019, a three-judge Superior Court panel in Wake County entered judgment in Common Cause v. Lewis, No. 18 CVS 014001. The decree states: "The Court declares that the 2017 House and Senate Plans are unconstitutional and invalid because there is no reasonable doubt each plan violates the rights of Plaintiffs and other Democratic voters under the North Carolina Constitution's Equal Protection Clause ... the Free Elections Clause ... and the Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly Clauses." It permanently enjoined use of the districts in specified House and Senate county groupings in the 2020 elections and directed the General Assembly to redraw them.
Source last checked Oct 21, 2026
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